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The deterrence dilemma.

Hello again, I'm Armin Alney, and this is To the Poet from Public Radio International. A daily look at the issues

Americans care about most. The Obama administration claims that immigrant family detention stopped last year's

surge of people fleeing violence and poverty in Central America. But newly established detention

centers are called gilded cages, and a federal judge has ruled that they're inhumane. Now she's

ordered 1,700 women and children

released till immigration courts settle their claims for asylum. What are the options? Will Congress

consider a billion-dollar proposal to improve conditions in El Salvador, Honduras, and Guatemala?

Today's talking point, Medicare and Medicaid are turning 50, but the politics aren't over yet. First, here's the news.

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Hello again, Warren Alney, back with To the Point. Are immigration detention centers a good means of

deterring illegal immigration or gilded cages for women and children? We'll hear what a judge's order

could mean for people fleeing violence in Central America and for immigration reform. Today's talking point, it's been

50 years since Medicare and Medicaid were signed into law. They provide health care for 55 million

people. Now they're becoming an issue in next year's presidential campaign. First is news update,

a University of Cincinnati police officer has been arraigned today on charges of murder

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